Usually means: Abnormally shaped, elliptical red blood cells.
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  3. Elliptocyte: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. elliptocyte: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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▸ noun:  (biology) An elliptical cell, in particular an elliptical RBC.

Similar:
elliptoechinocyte, eleocyte, coelomocyte, efferocyte, spherulocyte, adipohemocyte, lepocyte, elliptospherocone, spherocyte, echinocyte, more...

Opposite:
spherocyte, discocyte, stomatocyte, acanthocyte, echinocyte

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Similar:
elliptoechinocyte, eleocyte, coelomocyte, efferocyte, spherulocyte, adipohemocyte, lepocyte, elliptospherocone, spherocyte, echinocyte, more...

Opposite:
spherocyte, discocyte, stomatocyte, acanthocyte, echinocyte



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